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[Cat]

I've had a bit more of a look at the mini, and my upcoming books & fitting them together.

I think I can cover the following:
- #61 - convoluted plot
- #38 - title starts with H. though I am hoping less obvious ones will pop up when I read it.
- #44 - musical instrument on cover

[Eldarwen]

Cool!

I'll keep my fingers crossed for something less obvious as well, but at least we have one option for Her Body already.

[Kelly]

Can I check for the mini challenge - is it one book per task or can one book be used for multiple tasks?

[Eldarwen]

It's one book per task.

For the bonus tasks, it will be one book for two tasks. But those are points we can only get if all the other tasks are done, so I wouldn't focus on those until we're sure we can manage the others.

[Louise]

Completion Post

Daffodils by Alex Martin
Date Read: 5/4/18

Cards:
1 - #1 in series
2 - T character Tom Fenwick
3 - H Character Harry Phipps
4 - F Character Tom Fenwick
6 - S Character Cassandra Smythr
8 - E Character Edward Pennington
Skip - K Character Katy

[Louise]

Completion Post

Tempting Fate by April White
Date Read: 8/4/18
Rating: 4*

Cards:
2 - #2 in series
3 - H character Henry Grayson
6 - S Character Saira
8 - E Character Elizabeth
Skip - P character Pancho

[Louise]

Completion Post

The Breakdown by B.A. Paris
Date Read: 8/4/18
Rating: 4*

Cards:
0 - Standalone
3 - H Character Hannah
8 - E location England
Skip - Author P Paris

[Louise]

Completion Post

One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews
Date Read: 9/4/18
Rating: 3*

Cards:
1 - O title
3 - #3 in series
5 - Author FN
6 - S Character Sean

[Kelly]

Completion post 11/4/18

The Longest Holiday by Paige Toon.
0 stand-alone
2 author surname
6 Smythson
Skip Perry

Not sure what my next book will be. I’ll start it tomorrow after the countdown so it will be eligible for the mini challenge.

[Eldarwen]

Good plan, Kelly!

Look at all those completion posts :-D

[Eldarwen]

Louise wrote: "Completion Post

One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews
Date Read: 9/4/18
Rating: 3*

Cards:
1 - O title
3 - #3 in series
5 - Author FN
6 ..."

Katie's read this, so using for reverse.

Only 2 more reverse cards!!

[Cat]

finished Before the Fall
10 Apr

author Noah Hawley

[Cat]

and finished The Great Gatsby
11 Apr

reverse with E
Fitzgerald author
Tom char
Nick char

[Eldarwen]

Great!

One more and you're done with the ones you wanted to finish before the 12th :-) Incidentally, that last one will then also complete hand one.

It's funny - so many books have been read this month already but they're scattered all over the place and not one hand is completed yet.

[Cat]

Eldarwen wrote: "It's funny - so many books have been read this month already but they're scattered all over the place and not one hand is completed yet. .."

And believe me, I've noticed, and been keeping my discomfort quiet!

I see the logic of the placements, but it's still making my skin crawl! ;-P

[Eldarwen]

Heheh I knew it!
I was thinking about that just yesterday and was looking around for books to move but... nope. All good where they are ;-)

[Katie]

Completion:

Rock Redemption
4/11

2 - Thea
3 - Book 3 in series
4 - Fox
6 - Author
9 - Author
Skip - Kit

Bountiful
4/11

0 - Zara
1 - O'Doul
4 - Book 4 in series
6 - Author
7 - Setting: Vermont
9 - Nicole

Chimes at Midnight
4/11

1 - October
2 - Tybalt
6 - Author
7 - Book 7 in series

The Winter Long
4/11

1 - October
2 - Tybalt
6 - Author
8 - Book 8 in series

Wolf Trouble
4/11

2 - Book 2 in series
3 - Hale
6 - Mac Stone
8 - Eric Becker
Skip - Author

The Hook-Up Experiment
4/11

1 - Book 1 in series
3 - Title
6 - Elliot Sloane
8 - Author
9 - Setting: New Orleans
Skip - Peyton

[Eldarwen]

Katie has struck again ;-)

[Eldarwen]

In 2 hours and 10ish minutes, we can start our books for the mini challenge!

Summer Savings Time makes the difference from last time so please pay attention to that :-)

[Cat]

Finished An Argumentation of Historians

#9 in series
Tim Peterson char
William Hendred char
Mrs Enderby char

[Eldarwen]

Aaaand our first hand is done :-))

There's a couple more hands completed though and some veeeery close to finishing.

We're definitely doing very well so far this month. Keep it up, ladies!! Let's kill this mini challenge and get the bonus points as well!! :-)

[Cat]

will start Her Body etc at lunch, for the mini & the colour cover & to finish that next hand.

We can _totally_ do it!

[Ashlee]

Hi Team! My next 2 weeks at work are going to be crazy, so I may not have a lot of time to check in. I am, however, still over here reading. I will be finishing today, which is being used for a red card.

I will then be starting the following books:


being used for an 8 blue
mini #36 - pajamas p. 199


8 yellow
mini #27 - humor as genre


Just to start I know it will work for:
2 - author FN
3 - 3rd in series
4 - character FN Franki
7 - character FN Veronica
mini #69: pg. 109
**I'll update more once I start reading**

[Eldarwen]

Awesome! Thanks for the update, Ashlee! :-)

[Kelly]

Completed post 12/4/18

Little Pink Taxi by Marie Laval.
0 stand alone
Skip Peterson
3 Heart
8 Elaine
4 Fergus
9 Niall
2 Tyler

[Eldarwen]

Completion Post


The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
Date Read: April 12th
Rating 3 stars

Cards:
2 - character: Tobias Finch
3 - author: Anthony Horowitz
4 - character: Charles Fitzsimmons
5 - character: Isaiah Creer
6 - character: Sherlock Holmes
8 - character: Edmund Carstairs
Skip - character: Dr. Percy Trevelyan

[Cat]

E! I can't believe you didn't give us a heads-up on NBRC's TT prep! For shame!

For others: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

Starts mid-May, sign ups 1 - 4 May.

[Eldarwen]

Oops!

Well in my defense, the first rules have only gone up today as a pre-challenge snack, so it's all good, right? ;-)

[Cat]

Eldarwen wrote: "Oops!

Well in my defense, the first rules have only gone up today as a pre-challenge snack, so it's all good, right? ;-)"

hmmmm.... sure, I'll buy that.... except for there being a WEEK of build-up hype!

[Eldarwen]

Busteeeeeeed ;-)))

[Eldarwen]

But that hype was announced in their newsletter so..... you all could have clicked that, too ;-)

[Eldarwen]

Nah but really, I would have told you today when the posts went up but work was crazy and I was fighting a massive headache most of the day.

Aaaand now Cat has beat me to it :-)

Tower Teams is promising to be an interesting challenge this time around! With a Harry Potter theme and a few extra tid-bits built in. Also, for those of you who might have been playing TT for a while already, they're bringing back Buddy Reads for this round.

[Kelly]

I’ve never done any other challenges. I’d love to do another after this one. I’m really going to miss Uno!!

[Eldarwen]

Ah for fun and big challenges (beware, sometimes you need a lot of endurance), the group Nothing But Reading Challenges is definitely a go-to place. Tower Teams is going to be run by that group.

Karen, our Uno mod, is also a mod in NBRC.

There's a load more reading challenge groups out there of course, but NBRC is a good place to start.

[Kelly]

Completed post 15/4/18

A House to Mend a Broken Heart by Alison Sherlock

1 first in series
3 Title
6 Author
8 Eleanor

Mini challenge
38 Title
2 Annie
3 Christmas party
5 Annie to Arthur
17 Sam and Will
22 Title
50 Sam

[Cat]

a couple of books finished, both usuable for mini, but I'll check tasks out & report back shortly:

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue - 14 Apr
Cards:
#1
Henry char
Felicity char
Percy Newton char

Not My Father's Son - 15 Apr
Cards:
N title
Tom char
standalone

[Eldarwen]

Sure thing, Cat!

I spent my weekend at a con, working behind the bar, and now I cannot feel my legs or feet anymore. I am knackered. Haven't read a single page of course, but will head to bed early now and try and read a few pages before I fall asleep with my face on those pages ;-)

Enjoying the book so far!

Might also change my 6 Green book to something else, but will decide on that once I'm done with Bear & Nightingale.

[Cat]

Gentleman's Guide:
#3 - party - they go to party at Versaille
#7 - road trip - the premise of the book is the Grand Tour - trip around Europe. Whilst they don't follow the planned itinerary, they do still travel about Europe
#17 - siblings Henry & Felicity


Not My Father's Son
#17 - siblings Alan & Tom
#5 - tells lie - Alan discusses a lot the lies he told to protect himself (major one that sticks out: lying about being bullied)
#19 - hairdresser - there's a scene where Alan's hair is forcibly cut, and a lot of discussion about his hair throughout, inc being made up for various parts

(also - loves job, but that's been taken...)

#59? - MC is parent - whilst the author (it's a memoir) isn't a parent, it IS about his father & their relationship - his father is the dominant force in the book

[Cat]

Wow, that doesn't sound at ALL like my Sunday, E!

Do you get tomorrow off, or do you have to stagger into work, somehow?! Hoping you can be seated, whichever!

[Eldarwen]

I had to come into work of course but I am seated, and hopefully will remain that way for most of the day ;-) Legs are feeling better already though.

[Cat]

oh! Her Body & Other Parties: one of the stories has a photographer character. Actually, it has three - two are incidental, the third is a main character

[Eldarwen]

That's a good task to get out of the way as those kinds of characters don't tend to pop up all that often.

[Eldarwen]

We're going to have to figure something out for tasks #41 and #42.

I'm browsing through covers at the moment but for the one book on my TBR that would be such an obvious one to use, I have a different edition. Figures. ;-)

[Cat]

#41 & #42 - I thought about the kindle (hush! it's perfectly acceptable!) editions of classics.

eg: &

Not that I'm volunteering right now!

[Eldarwen]

This list Cover Clones is not a bad one.

Then there's this one: Same Cover Different Book

This one makes me wonder why so many authors/editors use the same image o.o

[Eldarwen]

Cat wrote: "#41 & #42 - I thought about the kindle (hush! it's perfectly acceptable!) editions of classics.

eg: &

Not that I'm volunteerin..."

Ah true, those work, too. Boring covers, but it works for this. Wow, so easy, I didn't even think of those!

[Cat]

that last one is HILARIOUS!

And the other lists - it's not even only self-publishers that are using tired stock images, there are a load of mainstream publishers guilty of it too. So odd...

[Cat]

Eldarwen wrote: "Cat wrote: "#41 & #42 - I thought about the kindle (hush! it's perfectly acceptable!) editions of classics.

eg: & "

Ah true, those work, too. Boring covers, but it works for this. Wow, so easy, I didn't even think of those!

I was mostly thinking about all those god@mned green covers we need, and remembered that some of the kindle eds were green....


btw: I've not been filling any of my books into the mini, though I have been updating the main hands.

I'm 2/3 through Her Body now, and enjoying it! Seven Killings is still languishing unread as yet, though I will pick it up again.

[Eldarwen]

Cat wrote: "that last one is HILARIOUS!

And the other lists - it's not even only self-publishers that are using tired stock images, there are a load of mainstream publishers guilty of it too. So odd..."

Right??
I was very surprised by that.

[Eldarwen]

Cat wrote: "Eldarwen wrote: "Cat wrote: "#41 & #42 - I thought about the kindle (hush! it's perfectly acceptable!) editions of classics.

eg: & [bookcover:The Mill on the Floss|188077..."

Yeaaah... About filling books into the mini, I've been considering just letting that be for a bit until we have more options and know which of the harder tasks can be filled. To avoid too much switching around. Then again, that won't tell us what still needs to be read for.